This took place in her home, where the parents had the ability and option to monitor and supervise her activities in any number of ways.
And they did exactly that. They chose an ISP that has what is specifically advertised as 'kid safe' chat rooms. Monitored by supposedly responsible adults, hired for the express purpose of preventing the precise condition that happened.
Or are you advocating that the parents should sit in the chair next to her evry minute she is online?
I understand what you're saying, but as a parent, you cannot nor should not watch your teenager 24/7. Probably should have been 'more' interaction while she was online. But not every second of every day. That is just as irresponsible.
And a parent who never, ever let's their kid out of their sight, especially when they are 14/15/16, is even more abusive. Kids have to be allowed some freedom. Within ever increasing limits, of course.
The AOL kid chat rooms were specifically advertised as being monitored and safe. This one was not.
As a parent, you cannot, indeed should not, be by your teenagers side 24/7.
A) City governments, indeed any government, has no 'profit'.
B) Did you see the word 'profit' anywhere in my or the GP's post? C) There's a big difference between putting in speed cameras to increase public safety, and putting in speed cameras to increase city revenue.
Because it would be too heavy to actually fly. A 1 cu ft box can be made out of whatever material you want. 1/2" thick steel, titanium, whatever. That can't scale up to the entire craft.
I've seen wreckage of large aircraft. A lot of pieces were very recognizeable, or still in one piece. Engine turbines, weapons hard points. But obviously, you can't make the whole aircraft out of that. It would never get off the ground.
Come on, speeding fines are not a major revenue source
Actually, they can be. Cincinnati is getting ready to institute speeding cameras, and the expected revenue is $12 million per year. Some members of the city council are looking at this specifically as a revenue source to help balance the city budget.
Letting inmates out on the internet with your "Pragma:Inmate" tag would then put the onus on the rest of society to 'protect accordingly'. I can think of a LOT of sites that various types of criminals shouldn't go to.
Internet access is not the be all and end all of life. Or future employment.
Why shouldn't they be allowed ot have their websites maintained in some fasion...
...given the assumption that this would not comprimise safety or order?
That is not always a safe assumption. FTA:"Some use their websites to badger witnesses and prosecuters..."
Websites "run" by prisoners should be under the same regulations as other types of communication in and out of prison. Free speech? Should have thought of that before you did whatever it was that got you in there.
Unless hospitals and doctors offices spring up out of the ground unbidden, unless doctors and nurses donate their time for free, unless drug R&D happens all by itself...health care is never 'free'.
It just doesn't show as a line item on your paystub.
Someone probably said the same thing about ARPANET.
I wonder what congressional district the defense company is located in?
Edward J. Markey (Ranking Democrat on the Telecommunications and Internet subcommittee)
Raytheon is based in Waltham, Massachussetts, but they have offices everywhere. Canada, Japan, Oz... And they are Linux friendly.
And where in the field will this be used? One use might be a virtual sand table. Not everything the military does is 'in the field'.
Am I the only one who gets scared when I imagine what a room in the pentagon might look like, with Generals wearing special glasses, and moving projected data off walls?
Probably. Generals don't move data. They direct Col's and Majors to do that.
what it comes down to is that I will NEVER buy something simply because I saw it in an ad. I don't buy things based on ads, I buy things when someone cool says it's cool (Penny Arcade is a good example.)
Ads are rarely put out to get you to buy a specific product. They are there for Brand Share. Keep that brand in your mind, so the next time you are out to actually buy something, you'll consider one of their models.
There is an incredible amount of money spent on getting the right ad in front of you, all to promote the brand. When you see an ad for The Gap, they want you to feel good about The Gap, not that specific shirt.
Krugman talks about our health system, and has one astonishing statisticthat - that we not only pay twice what other countries with "socialized" medicine pay out per capita...
And as always, it's not quite that simple. Pay scales, for instance. Let's compare registered nurses in London and NYC.
I just recently went to cancel my BB account. They acknowledged their current problem of not enough movies (supposedly too much demand), and gave me a free month. Still going to cancel at the end of this free one, and continue on with NetFlix.
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And they did exactly that. They chose an ISP that has what is specifically advertised as 'kid safe' chat rooms. Monitored by supposedly responsible adults, hired for the express purpose of preventing the precise condition that happened.
Or are you advocating that the parents should sit in the chair next to her evry minute she is online?
I understand what you're saying, but as a parent, you cannot nor should not watch your teenager 24/7. Probably should have been 'more' interaction while she was online. But not every second of every day. That is just as irresponsible.
Please.
The AOL kid chat rooms were specifically advertised as being monitored and safe. This one was not.
As a parent, you cannot, indeed should not, be by your teenagers side 24/7.
Shoot 'it' down? No. Degrade or turn it off, maybe. But shoot down the whole constellation? Nope.
And currently, in the midst of a ./ing, I'm getting 368Kb/sec down on that DVD ISO.
A) City governments, indeed any government, has no 'profit'.
B) Did you see the word 'profit' anywhere in my or the GP's post?
C) There's a big difference between putting in speed cameras to increase public safety, and putting in speed cameras to increase city revenue.
And it's probably not an 'extra' kilo, it's one less kilo of payload.
I've seen wreckage of large aircraft. A lot of pieces were very recognizeable, or still in one piece. Engine turbines, weapons hard points. But obviously, you can't make the whole aircraft out of that. It would never get off the ground.
In a lot of places, you can do that now. Taxi/bus/train.
Actually, they can be. Cincinnati is getting ready to institute speeding cameras, and the expected revenue is $12 million per year. Some members of the city council are looking at this specifically as a revenue source to help balance the city budget.
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Letting inmates out on the internet with your "Pragma:Inmate" tag would then put the onus on the rest of society to 'protect accordingly'. I can think of a LOT of sites that various types of criminals shouldn't go to.
Internet access is not the be all and end all of life. Or future employment.
As I said, "IMHO". You have any data to the contrary?
You know the face, you know the house.
Do right by me and do what you know has to be done."
This, of course requires cooperation and participation from his 'homies'. But witnesses have been known to be killed for testifying.
Never said that. Most assuredly, some in prison are actually innocent of the crime. But that some, IMHO, very small.
That is not always a safe assumption.
FTA:"Some use their websites to badger witnesses and prosecuters..."
Websites "run" by prisoners should be under the same regulations as other types of communication in and out of prison.
Free speech? Should have thought of that before you did whatever it was that got you in there.
And did you read through, and understand, each and every one of those 1000 descriptions?
Did you explicitly click 'Yes' on each one?
Sadly, there are too few of those 'right hands'.
They said the same thing about the 386/25 way back when. Don't worry, the software will catch up.
Unless hospitals and doctors offices spring up out of the ground unbidden, unless doctors and nurses donate their time for free, unless drug R&D happens all by itself...health care is never 'free'.
It just doesn't show as a line item on your paystub.
Someone probably said the same thing about ARPANET.
I wonder what congressional district the defense company is located in?
Edward J. Markey (Ranking Democrat on the Telecommunications and Internet subcommittee)
Raytheon is based in Waltham, Massachussetts, but they have offices everywhere. Canada, Japan, Oz...
And they are Linux friendly.
And where in the field will this be used?
One use might be a virtual sand table. Not everything the military does is 'in the field'.
Am I the only one who gets scared when I imagine what a room in the pentagon might look like, with Generals wearing special glasses, and moving projected data off walls?
Probably.
Generals don't move data. They direct Col's and Majors to do that.
Ads are rarely put out to get you to buy a specific product. They are there for Brand Share. Keep that brand in your mind, so the next time you are out to actually buy something, you'll consider one of their models.
There is an incredible amount of money spent on getting the right ad in front of you, all to promote the brand. When you see an ad for The Gap, they want you to feel good about The Gap, not that specific shirt.
And as always, it's not quite that simple. Pay scales, for instance. Let's compare registered nurses in London and NYC.
London midgrade RN salary - £21,605 ($40,859 at todays conversion rate)
NYC midrange RN salary - $59,102.
I'd say that numbers like those make up a LARGE portion of the difference in medical costs.
And if you own no car, no tax money from gasoline comes (directly) out of your pocket to help maintain those roads.
I just recently went to cancel my BB account. They acknowledged their current problem of not enough movies (supposedly too much demand), and gave me a free month. Still going to cancel at the end of this free one, and continue on with NetFlix.